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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George want to postpone doing before they set up their boat for sleeping near Picnic Point?
(a) Do an inventory count.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Set up their beds.
(d) Make a few phone calls.

2. What do the men need to do to set up their boat for sleeping?
(a) Hang hoops and canvas.
(b) Get blankets from storage.
(c) Set up tents.
(d) Blow up their air mattresses.

3. What condiment do the men lament not having for their beef during their trip?
(a) Mayonnaise.
(b) Ketchup.
(c) Mustard.
(d) Relish.

4. Why do the men not reach Magna Charta when they planned?
(a) It is too far, and they are tired.
(b) Their boat runs out of gas.
(c) The island doesn't actually exist.
(d) Their map is wrong.

5. Where do the men decide they must bathe during their trip?
(a) In a pond.
(b) In the boat's bathtub.
(c) At a private bathroom on land somewhere.
(d) In the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of animal does Montmorency attack?

2. Who follows the men to their boat as their stored food is being replaced?

3. What is the group's original goal for Magna Charta Island?

4. What does J. think one should do first while preparing dinner?

5. What do the men ask of the friends they run into in Reading?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does J.'s friend miscalculate with the punt when they are boating together?

2. What kinds of methods do the men use to try to open their canned goods during the trip?

3. What ends up happening to the men's canned pineapple?

4. Why does J.'s ode to night at the end of Chapter 10 seem so out of character?

5. How does the cat react when Montmorency tries to attack it?

6. What ends up happening at the inns while George and J. are looking for somewhere to sleep in Datchet?

7. What does J. claim is the very best way to get a tea kettle to boil?

8. What does J. complain about sarcastically concerning the problem with being towed?

9. Why does J. have to pay a lot of money after he and some friends rent a sailboat on a windy day?

10. What kind of scene is J. reminded of when he thinks of King Henry courting Anne Boleyn on Magna Charta Island?

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